Top 5 Favourite Books on Writing

May 04, 11 Top 5 Favourite Books on Writing

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This is a list of my top five favourite books on writing. This post is the result of the Wordcount Blogathon’s Theme Day 1 Topic. If you go to the Wordcount Blogathon HQ and find the list of participants, many fellow bloggers will also be writing up their own lists of books. I couldn’t pin down my all time five...

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Genre Map for Writers

May 04, 11 Genre Map for Writers

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Book Country has a genre map up. Press one of the genres to be taken to book country member who have filed books into that genre. There may, of course, be some missing genres there, but it’s a good resource to start off with. Link: Book Country Genre...

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Shortburst | It’s ‘Read an E-Book Week’

Mar 08, 11 Shortburst | It’s ‘Read an E-Book Week’

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March 6th to 12th is Read an E-Book Week. For a list of partners for the event, resources and other information available during this week, go to the Read an E-Book Week website. As I’ve posted before, I am a fan of ebooks, particularly for reference material, but I still don’t want to be forced to read a novel on an...

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Make a Handbag from a Book

Jan 20, 11 Make a Handbag from a Book

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A nice project, especially from vintage books – and for kids books...

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Read an EBook Week

Jan 12, 11 Read an EBook Week

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Read an E-Book Week will run from March 6-13th this year. The event is supported by a website found at www.ebookweek.com. The subject of eBook reading won’t be much of a surprise for many this year, with the Amazon Kindle being one of the number one Christmas presents given recently, and eBook sales increasing...

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